Azure Cloud Infra Architect Full Time

Role Overview

We are looking for a seasoned Azure Cloud Infrastructure Architect to define and own the architecture of our Golden Path provisioning platform. You will drive the design of scalable, secure, and governance-aligned cloud infrastructure — enabling automated, self-service provisioning across the enterprise. This is an ownership-driven role for someone who can walk into a complex landscape, rapidly understand it, and deliver lasting architectural standards that every engineering team can trust and adopt.

Key Responsibilities

• Design the end-to-end architecture for automated infrastructure provisioning across Azure environments.
• Define cloud governance standards — including landing zones, RBAC, policies, and network architecture.
• Establish the event-driven orchestration model that powers all automation workflows.
• Architect integrations with enterprise tools: ServiceNow, Infoblox, Zscaler, Fortigate, and other infrastructure services.
• Define security, identity, and access models for automated provisioning pipelines.
• Ensure the platform is built for scalability, high reliability, and full operational observability.
• Bring a Wholistic Approach — connecting business objectives, technology decisions, and operational outcomes into a unified, coherent architecture strategy.
• Demonstrate Comprehensive Understanding of Architecture and Systems — with depth across infrastructure, networking, security, containerisation, and platform engineering layers to make well-informed architectural decisions at every level.
• Be the Go-To Architectural Authority — act as the primary owner of platform blueprints, build reusable golden path templates and reference architectures that teams across the organisation can confidently adopt.
• Understand the Landscape and Deliver Golden Blueprints — rapidly assess the existing technology estate and produce prescriptive, workload-specific infrastructure blueprints. Define the standard set of Azure services and patterns for each workload type so engineering teams have a clear, proven starting point.
• Example: For a Web Application — specify the exact set of Azure services (App Service / AKS, Application Gateway, Azure SQL / Cosmos DB, Key Vault, Front Door, Azure Monitor) along with networking, security, and CI/CD patterns as the approved golden copy.
• Blueprints must cover compute, networking, security, identity, observability, DR, and cost governance for every major workload category.
• Lead Repository Consolidation (Thousands of Repos → Centralized Platform) — own and drive the strategic initiative to consolidate multiple repositories into a single, centralised source control and CI/CD platform. This requires strong ownership, executive communication, and the ability to work hands-on with multiple engineering teams.
• Define the target-state repository structure, branching strategy, naming conventions, and governance standards for the centralized platform.
• Partner with individual product and engineering teams to migrate their code, pipelines, and automation into the centralized system with minimal disruption.
• Design and enforce standardized CI/CD pipeline templates so all teams operate from a consistent, governed delivery framework post-consolidation.
• Track and report migration progress, resolve blockers, and drive adoption across the organization.

✅ Must-Have Skills & Expertise

✦ Deep Azure Architecture & Governance

✦ Azure Well-Architected Framework

✦ Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)

✦ Azure DevOps & CI/CD Pipelines

✦ Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

✦ Azure Container Apps

✦ Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Strategy

✦ Event-Driven & Distributed System Design

✦ API & Integration Architecture

✦ Security & Identity Architecture (Zero Trust)

✦ Golden Path Platform & Blueprint Design

📋 Job Details

📍 Location

Gurugram / Hyderabad

🗓️ Experience

15 – 22 Years

🏢 Work Mode

Hybrid

🧩 Domain

Cloud Infrastructure / Platform Engineering / Platform Architect